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'''X-3''' is an [[X-languages|experimental language]] by [[User:WeepingElf|Jörg Rhiemeier]].  It is a [[briefscript|speedtalk]]-style language with a huge phoneme inventory allowing for very short words.
'''X-3''' is an [[X-languages|experimental language]] by [[User:WeepingElf|Jörg Rhiemeier]].  It is a [[briefscript|speedtalk]]-style language with a huge phoneme inventory allowing for very short words - ''one phoneme per morpheme'', such that a word of three phonemes may contain an entire transitive clause.


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==Phonology==
==Phonology==


The phoneme inventory of X-3 is very large: it contains 250 consonants, 40 vowels and four tones, which means that there are as many as 40,000 CV syllables.
The phoneme inventory of X-3 is very large: it contains several hundred consonants, 100 vowels and four tones, which means that there are as many as 40,000 CV syllables.


===Vowels===
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Each of these ten vowels can be short or long and plain or nasalized, making a total of 40 vowels.
Each of these ten vowels can be ''plain'', ''rhotacized'' (as in American English ''her''), ''lateralized'' (pronounced with the sides of the tongue lowered, as if pronouncing the vowel and [l] at the same time), or can form a ''diphthong'' with either an ''i-offglide'' or an ''u-offglide''.  Each of these 50 vowels can furthermore be ''nasalized'', making for a total of 100 vowel phonemes.


===Tones===
===Tones===


There are four tones in X-3: high, low, rising and falling.
There are four tones in X-3: ''high'', ''low'', ''rising'' and ''falling''.


==Morphology==
==Morphology and syntax==


===Roots===
In X-3, each morpheme consists of a single phoneme.  ''Nouns'' and ''pronouns'' consist of a single consonant, ''verbs'', ''prepositions'' and a small number of other particles consist of a single vowel with distinctive tone.  There are no derivational or inflectional affixes.


A root consists of a consonant followed by a vowel that is unspecified for length, nasaliazation and tone.  There are 2500 possible roots.
A word in X-3 contains an entire clause.  Morpheme order is SVO.  Thus, in a word such as '''bat''', '''b''' would be the subject, '''a''' the verb and '''t''' the object.

Revision as of 00:41, 16 May 2006

X-3
Spoken in: n.a.
Timeline/Universe: n.a.
Total speakers: n.a.
Genealogical classification: a priori experimental language
Basic word order: SVO
Morphological type: agglutinating, polysynthetic
Morphosyntactic alignment:
Created by:
Jörg Rhiemeier 2006

X-3 is an experimental language by Jörg Rhiemeier. It is a speedtalk-style language with a huge phoneme inventory allowing for very short words - one phoneme per morpheme, such that a word of three phonemes may contain an entire transitive clause.

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Phonology

The phoneme inventory of X-3 is very large: it contains several hundred consonants, 100 vowels and four tones, which means that there are as many as 40,000 CV syllables.

Vowels

There are 10 basic vowel qualities:

Front
unrounded		 Front
rounded		 Back
unrounded		 Back
rounded
High i ü ï u
Mid e ö ë o
Low ä a

Each of these ten vowels can be plain, rhotacized (as in American English her), lateralized (pronounced with the sides of the tongue lowered, as if pronouncing the vowel and [l] at the same time), or can form a diphthong with either an i-offglide or an u-offglide. Each of these 50 vowels can furthermore be nasalized, making for a total of 100 vowel phonemes.

Tones

There are four tones in X-3: high, low, rising and falling.

Morphology and syntax

In X-3, each morpheme consists of a single phoneme. Nouns and pronouns consist of a single consonant, verbs, prepositions and a small number of other particles consist of a single vowel with distinctive tone. There are no derivational or inflectional affixes.

A word in X-3 contains an entire clause. Morpheme order is SVO. Thus, in a word such as bat, b would be the subject, a the verb and t the object.

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